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SUBMITTER: Ketterer MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160213 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ketterer M C MC Lemus Moraga L A LA Beitinger U U Pfeiffer J J Knopf A A Becker C C
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 20200211 5
<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study is to compare pre-therapeutic staging of the loco-regional lymphatic basin and subsequent surgical management in cN0 versus cN+ hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed all hypopharyngeal and laryngeal carcinoma patients treated surgically at a single quaternary medical care and cancer center between 2004 and 2014. We established two groups for patients who underwent neck dissection comparing patients with a low LNR (lymph n ...[more]